The effects of a 6-month tai chi qigong training program on temporomandibular, cervical, and shoulder joint mobility and sleep problems in nasopharyngeal cancer survivors

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-25

  Fong, Shirley S M ^a   Ng, Shamay S M ^b   Lee, H W ^a   Pang, Marco Y C ^b   Luk, W S ^c   Chung, Joanne W Y ^d   Wong, Janet Y H ^e   Masters, Rich S W ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c The Association of Licentiates of the Medical Council of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Mind body exercise; Sleep; Upper body joint mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QIGONG; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAI CHI; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK PAIN; QIGONG; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAI JI; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 84918531710     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735414556508     Document Type: Article

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